Schlegal, you're absolutely right. My new knives arrived the other day. What a pleasure to dice onions, chop carrots etc. I used to avoid cooking dinners that involved a lot of knife skills. Now I'm looking for recipes that require a knife work. As a guy who worked with subpar knives all his life, I...

Thanks, Schlegel, Actually, I have done a lot of research on kitchen knives (saw a lot of Youtube stuff from many "chefs," not to mention a few "blade-masters." Here's what I went with. Please let me know what you think. Wusthoff set (Chef's knife, 7 inch utility, paring and bread knives.) I thought...

Thanks, Schlegel, Actually, I have done a lot of research on kitchen knives (saw a lot of Youtube stuff from many "chefs," not to mention a few "blade-masters." Here's what I went with. Please let me know what you think. Wusthoff Classic Ikon set (Chef's knife, 7 inch utility, paring and bread knive...

Yes. No bank was lending to DT. Too many bankruptcies. But Deutche did. Why? One unconfirmed report is that loan apps the bank may now nave to turn over will show that oligarchs close to Putin cosigned those loans. Note that this is a single unconfirmed report.

Remember when every wannabe fitness guru labeled himself "coach?" Now, in the internet cooking world, every yahoo from the trailer park is "Chef" Tom or Rufus or "Chef" Clayton or Makena. Bogus Coach. Bogus Chef. It's a disgrace. A disgrace I tell you.

Andy once claimed he did a parachute jump at the North pole. When I challenged him on it, he provided certain details that convinced me that, yes, our friend Andy went skydiving at the North Pole. 'Atta Boy, Andy. And RIP.

They said, "In October 2018, my research partner and I decided to investigate the truth of this impression by using a mix of network mapping and linguistic analysis to see which prominent journalists who covered Antifa also were closely connected to leading Antifa figures on social media." OK, but m...

In my pursuit of one day speaking fluent Spanish, I often read Spanish newspapers. Like El Mercurio, from Chile, where I came upon a story about Colonia Dignidad. It was kind of cult group established in Chile by a German Nazi in the early 60s. Last week the government of Germany announced it was se...

See for yourself. Go to the three bar quick links on your upper left. Click. Click members. There we all are, with a column specifying the number of posts made. Some of us can hold our piece. At least one is an incessant spouter with sure self-esteem issues and a total lack of self-control.

In my 50 years in the publishing business, I've never seen a blatant theft in which one person used another's idea. Clearly, it happens as in the Art Buchwald/Eddie Murphy contretemps about "Coming to America." But mostly what I see is people who snatch a good line here and there. There are others w...

My photographer friend, Chris Ranier, was in Tianamen Square that night. Of course, he was shooting. It was film on celluloid then. You know, rolls of film? Anyway, the shit was hitting the fan that night. The army knew where Chris was and he knew they knew. So he stashed his good shots under an aco...

Crepuscular, a form of dim light, twilight. If you live where I do, you are acutely aware that bears are crepuscular. They are most active at dusk and dawn. Therefore, I have chosen to use the word as a threat. "Imma get crepuscular on your ass."